12:16 AM,
Feb. 9, 2013

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Friday was routine for the Red Wings: lose a player to injury, call up a replacement up from the minors, get on with it.

The Wings play the Oilers at 2 p.m. today at Joe Louis Arena, with Jimmy Howard back in net but without forward Todd Bertuzzi, who is out at least through Sunday's game against the Kings because of back pain.

Bertuzzi barely could walk after Thursday's 5-1 win at St. Louis, and while a visit to a specialist Friday morning went relatively well in that surgery wasn't immediately prescribed, it's uncertain whether Bertuzzi will be back soon. ...